Manchester United are dipping towards the drop zone under Ruben Amorim, a head coach who took over on 11 November and forgot to pack the “bounce” often gifted to an employer after sacking the last guy. This is United’s fourth consecutive loss and, after 11 games, the Portuguese coach’s record reads six defeats and four wins.
Peer at the table and Amorim’s side are 14th on 22 points after taking the same number, 11, in nine league matches as they did under Erik ten Hag, his predecessor. Yet again the 3-4-3 formation failed and to see Joshua Zirkzee yanked off after the half hour was to witness an encapsulation of United’s disarray. Another was the reinstatement of Marcus Rashford to the squad after the forward said he wanted a “new challenge”. Make sense of the head coach’s thinking on that one, if you can.
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